RhtMi/hin their Pn.of;tCC totheir Tdl:ament• Bt.'l,um. J~ wrb.G/J. 'J., cap.q. H.rnrti!il,ujUJ ttmpm-u om~:tJ i1teo1tllllvtnitnt llt!!p~rzt.zt(cn p:tn.-rJ omnibw ptrmltttrt, irr.6 &muleui;t {rulitt~ua, & c. At Catholic« Ecdt6a, &c. pr,linttt'M pd.(- fim•mnibUJfi11t d·(himi·t (011'-" u IAtttr tj~t{modiltlJill, &t. DKT~tNJ c.mtra Whit.b(,6.Si ChriflUnir ommbHt ut ScriP· tUT,er(cruttmltr ~ :;l,ri/it~ddlum t f/'titutlligU,in m.tgnD ctrtftrrol'l'·&c. Pra11U(tuttPtit6um turb.~,CnBafil. Fp.8:.. Auf!.dt~mitiJlt E.c'ittfi~e,fivt F ,:(lclllltraPtti• li·num DOfl.ttip411J,lap.-:.. 111 UT1Wlttu!tmbDtJUtiP.tsqu.t- ,;.,p, .b;ji, E"lt{i.r?q,m/ trf.IJ{.tfl:ni fitI!J"J? inur;u MftrUt.Im q:u· jittni, &t·AII!,· ibid. C.IP· t6. NtrMm tpfi F..ccltji.lm ununt, 11QnmjiJnnn.l· r11m Scriptur.t· rumCallfJli,ClS libus ~~mdant, &c.Q3Jmt noJprapure.tiLcimr~,&c . A..g in Pfa1·69 in d /.lvtrb.t,Omnrs qui quLTJmt u , &c.Ntintu1a'· fUm t rraru, nr quii,&c.Miilll tn)mdixrmnt carntm/llthl h:1 huijfi u{lntdlto &c.Sol!p.t66. &il!Pf.j?·&t Clrryfufi.Huni, Matrb4Q•Q.!I 'VU!£ f31f,1i1{U7t qM.I firv•·Jtc ct{i:lCn,.flt, ull/t cognojctt ILJi,&t• A feriom Diffwaji'Ue from Poperie. unlearnedot all ocher, by hearingofrheword read, ~ight get fome gain and profit. A And the fame Farher elfewhere: I befe:ch you (fatth he) that you come fpeedily hither, aod hearken diligently to the readmg of the holy Scriptures; and not only when you come htther, bur alfo ·~home ~ake che Bi~le i~to yo~r.hands, andby your diligentcare reop the profit conramed m tt. Lafrly, m hts Homthes upon the Epifrle ro checolof/iaos, he cries out , .HeJte, I beleech you, Oall you Cecular men, provide you Bihles, which are the medtcmes for the foule; At leafi gee the NewTdtament. Now on chc contrary, le~r.he new religionof Rome f[>eake? firfr byher Rbunijh Je- k fuirs, rhus: We may nor rhmke chat the trantlated B1blesmeo the vulgarr90gues were in thehands of everyhutbandman, artificer, prentice,_boye, girle, MilhelTe, Maid, Man; that they were-fung,played, alleaged ofeveryTmker, Tavernet111.imer, Mmfrre!l. The like words offcorneanddifgraceare ufedby Hojin, and by &t.jw, andby Bellar.deverh.l.> c. I 5· B The wife will nor here regard (fay our Rhemijlr) what feme wilful! people doe mutter, chat the Scriptures aremade for all men, &c. And foon afrer, they compare rhe Scriptures to Fire, Water, Candles, Knives, Swords,whicharc indeed needfull, &c. butwouldmme all, iftheywere at the guidingof other than w ifemen. Allrhe Hcretikesof this rime, faith Be0AmJine, agreethat theScriptures lhould be permitted ro all , and delivered in theirowneMocher-rongue; but rheCarholike Church forbidsche readingofthe Scriprures by all, without choice: or rhepuhhke reading or lingingof cheminvulgar tongues, asicisdecreedin theCouncellofTre•t , Stjf. 22. c.8 . & C• n. 9· Ifyou chinke (faith Dur.etlt) chat Chrifi bade>ll Chrirtiansco fearch the Scriptures, youare inagrofl'e error; For how lhall rude and ignorantmen fearch theScriptures?&c. And fo he concludes, thattheScriptures were nocgiven C eo thecommonmultitudeofBeleevers. J udgcnowwhat eitherwefay,or chefePapifrs condemn,befidestheancient judg· ment ofche Fathers: and if evereirherca/vl.s or ut her have been moreperemprory in thismatter than S. C!Jryfojl.l vow to be apapifi. Ifours be not in rhis the old religion, benot you ours. Yet ehis one pafl'a~e fnrcher, and then nomo:e, lefi I weary you:Our quefrion is, whether theScripturesdepend upon the auchonry oftheChurch,or rather upon the aurhoriry of Scriptu'cS? Heare firfi the •ncient Church, wirh and forus:Thequefiion is(fairh S. A•Jien) betwixt u; and the Don•tift,, where the Church is. What lhall we doe then?lball we feck her in her owne words, or in chewordsof herHead theLord JefusCbrilt? l fup- D pofewe ought eo feeke her rather in hiswords,which is theTrgth, and knowesbelt his o\Yn body, for the Lord knowes who are his; we will not have theChurch fought inourwords. And inthefame Booke, Whether the Do11atijlt hold che Church (faith the fameFather) let themnot lbew, but by theCanontcall Bookes ofDivine Scriptures; forneirherdoe we therefore fay they lhould beleeve us, that we are in cheChurchofChrifr,becaufe Opt•tw or Amhrofe hath commended thisChurch unro uswhich we now hold, or becaufeit is acknowledged by theCouncels ofour fellow Teachers, or becaufc Co greatmiracles are donein it: it is not therefore manifelted eobe rrue & Carholike;But the LordJefus himfelfe judged, that his Difciplesfbould rather be confirmed by theT ~ltimonies ofthe Law and theProphets: Thefe arerhe rules ofour caufe, thefe are the foundations, thefe are the confirmations. E And upon che Pfalmn: Lefi thou lhould!terre (faith the Id me A•g•Jiine) in thy judgement ofthe Church: left any man lhould fay to thee, Thisis Chrilt, which is not Chrilt; or thisis the Church, which is not the Church: fur rr,any, &c. Heare the ,·oyceof theShepheard himfelfewhich is cloathed in llelh,&c.He lhcwes himfelfe eo thee; handlehim, and fee. He lhewes his Church, lefi any man lhould deceive thee under che name of the Church, &c. Yet Chryfoflome more direCtly, thus: He that wonld knowwhich is the true Church ofChrilt, whence may he know it in the limilitudeoffo grear confufion, buronely by theScriprur"'?Now the workingofmiraclesis altogether ceafed; yea, they are rather found to be fainedly wrought ofthem, which arebut falfe Chrifrians; Whence then lball heknow it , bm only by theScriptures?
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